Dispassion and renunciation comprise the key to inner peace.
This peace alone makes happiness possible. Without peace there is no happiness.
Thus it is clear, that anyone who wants peace and happiness must cultivate
vairagya and tyaga. Attachment and selfishness constitute terrible bondage.
Vairagya eradicates attachment. Tyaga cuts at the root of selfishness. They
make you free and bring you peace and joy.
Life is a great and sublime yajna. Yajna means
self-offering, a noble giving of oneself for the good and the benefit of
others. Paropakara is the overall governing principle of man’s life. You can
engage yourself in doing good to others, in bringing happiness into the lives of
others, only when you shed your selfishness. This is real renunciation. The
secret of renunciation is the renunciation of selfishness, egoism and personal
desires. Renounce personal selfishness and live in the world, enjoying what
providence brings to you as your due.